The Internet ... problem or solution?

With the internet has come an enormous amount of possibilities. We can find a huge amount of information, we can connect to people with specific interests and knowledge from around the world, we can express ourselves (virtually for free) on our personal blogs and be read in every corner of the world, we are offered numerous services for free or at almost no cost which used to be expensive and there are many other great solutions that the internet offers.

Image that in 15 years 95 % of all people on the planet are connected through free Internet and free PC´s (all sponsored by web portals/search engines which you use as your start page in exchange for use of the equipment) at local (internet) cafes, libraries and other places. People will be able to get first class educational material for almost any kind of primary, high school, technical and university course. Everybody can call anyone for free through the Internet … and there will be much, much more!

On the other hand the internet has made it possible to lock ourselves up in our rooms and live virtual lives, pretending to be things which we can’t or don’t have the guts to be in real life. In the virtual world we live separated from nature, there are no time zones, no gentle balance between the sun and the clouds, no day and night, no business hours, no actual stuff. It’s a world in a hurry for the next thing. What’s hot and on top this morning won’t be good enough by nightfall. Everything is being hyped and blown up and there’s little connection with what happens and is needed in real life. There is little room for pure existence, just being, things always have to go faster … until the bubble bursts again.